Jet Force Gemini. I went through and collected every tribal on every level and got all the ship parts just so I could go face an unbeatable boss on the asteroid. I've tried maybe 20 times. I loved the game but that final boss left such a bad taste in my mouth. Grrrrr.
Well, Necromandia Cave in Rygar Legendary Adventure on PS2. Very fun place to visit - 30 levels of fighting, with a tough boss at the end. Die and you restart from the top. Leave, and you will have to do the same.
While not bad on Normal and Hard difficulties, it becomes a problem in Legendary Mode. Especially, on the Boss fight, where Boss is Invisible, and has 2 lives !!!!
DMD mode in DMC was fun. Hard as hell, especially Nightmare 3 and Mundus battles, but fun :p
Games I haven't beaten? I won't do that. I'll fight to the bitter end, and always have. Theres no way I'm gonna trudge to the end of a game only to back down at the end. No wait, I take that back. I've never beaten R-Type 1, III, & Zanac. Actually I did beat them, but cheated. :) With R-Type I, I cant get past the last boss, with R-Type III, its the last stage I can't get past. Zanac just eventually overwhelms me with enemies to where even if you are super-upgraded, the upgrades become basically useless.
As for near-quitting, this is my list.
Toughest boss ever may be Jaquio from the first NES Ninja Gaiden game. Almost gave up.
Phantasy Star 2's Mother Brain was downright impossible, if I remember. Didn't quit until she was dead.
Shadow Dancer (genesis) had a really, really, tough last board and last board boss. Beat him too, but it still gives me nightmares.
Oh yeah, almost forgot. The "hidden" boss in Demon's Crest, the Dark Demon. *screams from terror at the thought of trying to beat it again*
I remember getting stomped more than a few times by the boss in Ninja Gaiden 2.
The last boss in Xenogears is certainly tough, but I think beating it has more to do with the order you send your guys out and the tactics you use against the spheres rather than your levels. It took me 2 or 3 tries, but once I figured out how to tell which spheres were which bosses, who I needed to use to fight them and who to hold back, and what to do against them, it wasn't so bad. Just remember to take out all the spheres, or the final boss will fry yo' azz.Quote:
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I have that habit with RPGs a lot too. I'm still pissed that I got to the last boss in Xenogears, too weak to take him out, too pissed to try going back.
Joker's actually dead easy - stand on his cane, and all his shots will go behind you. Memorize where the lightning appears, and you should be able to take him out without getting touched.Quote:
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Batman was a tough game, but nothing really prepared you for Joker. Everything else in that game took only one life bar... all of a sudden, Joker makes you his bitch by taking 2 or 3 per hit. The day I beat that game, I felt it was like one of my greatest life accomplishments.
Yeah, I never won any of the Ninja Gaiden games...the endings were impossible for me. Of course, I haven't really played any of them in 12 years, but one day I'll find a copy of Ninja Gaiden Trilogy and go back & spank all three of them.Quote:
Originally posted by Kidnemo
I remember getting stomped more than a few times by the boss in Ninja Gaiden 2.
Sega CD Silpheed. 'Nuff said, its impossible.
Ditto. Same goes for FFVIII, which made be doulbe pissed because I didn't enjoy that main game in the least, I was playing through it just tpo play through it. So once I couldn't defeat Ultimecia (sp?), I was even more angry.Quote:
Originally posted by Andy
I have that habit with RPGs a lot too. I'm still pissed that I got to the last boss in Xenogears, too weak to take him out, too pissed to try going back.
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Sega CD Silpheed. 'Nuff said, its impossible.
*Groan* Why'd you have to make me go and remember that?
The last boss in Red Faction still owns me. :(
I'm gonna have to go with Jaquio from NES Ninja Gaiden as well. The whole level leading up to him was a bitch, and then you had to restart if you died. Ugh.
Some of the off-planet levels that opened up after you beat Blast Corps on the N64 kicked my ass too. Fun game though.
Xenogears for me, too. I still have a save file right at Deus, and I haven't played it for years. He ownz me azz.